Operation Shenandoah II

Operation Shenandoah II was a US-ARVN military operation undertaken by 29 September to 10 December 1967 against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces along Highway 13 in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Through the fall of 1967, the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong continued their series of border battles in preparation for their surprise offensive, still months away. Con Thien in the DMZ was first, and, on the Cambodian border, the ARVN base at Song Be was attacked, as was the provincial capital of Loc Ninh. Large units of NVA and Viet Cong launched a coordinated attack and fought for five days to hold on to the ground they had gained, puzzling the American commanders. The US and ARVN launched Operation Shenandoah to clear the region of communist forces, and they succeeded in reopening Highway 13 and inflicting heavy losses on the communists.